Health and Fitness

FTC Charges Gerber with Falsely Advertising Its Good Start Gentle Formula Protects Infants from Developing Allergies

Agency Also Alleges Health Claims Were Not Approved by the FDA, as Advertised

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.  The Federal Trade Commission has charged Gerber Products Co., also doing business as Nestlé Nutrition, with deceptively advertising that feeding its Good Start Gentle formula to infants with a family history of allergies prevents or reduces the risk that they will develop allergies.

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The agency also alleges that Gerber has falsely advertised Good Start Gentle’s health claims as…

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